| operoseness(difficulty, laboriousness, strenuousness) |
| parkway(noun, place, way, track, court) |
| passage(noun, place, way, track, court) |
| path(noun, way, road, highway, thoroughfare) |
| pattern |
| pause(stop, halt, stoppage, deadlock, stalemate) |
| pavement(noun, place, way, track, court) |
| photo finish(expression, tie) |
| pigeonhole(verb, hinder, obstruct, frustrate) |
| place(noun, way, track, court, road) |
| plight(deadlock, stalemate, standstill, impasse, standoff) |
| posture(stalemate, standstill, impasse) |
| prevent(verb, hinder, obstruct, frustrate) |
| put on back burner(verb, expression, idiom, hinder, obstruct) |
| put on hold(verb, expression, idiom, hinder, obstruct) |
| puzzle(verb, hinder, obstruct, frustrate) |
| rat race |
| rest(deadlock, stalemate, standoff) |
| rigorousness(difficulty, laboriousness, strenuousness) |
| roadblock(noun, impasse, cul-de-sac) |